Replace '\n' with ' 'space in string using python

Question

I have a string of the below form:

"\nMy objective is to work with a progressive &amp; innovative 
organisation where I can implement my skills, knowledge and \nachieve 
success.\n\nPHP\nSDE 2 \nQuikr\nZend\n(CommonFloor merged with 
Quikr)\nTasks\nTo develop Quikr Jobs portal\nLaravel\nTo develop 
intent-form to increase o\xef\xac\x84ine signups\nTo develop sales CRM 
tool\nJava\n \nSDE 1 J2EE\nCommonFloor\nTasks\nJava Spring\nTo work on 
hybrid mobile app for residential communities\nTo develop APIs for 
CommonFloor Groups\nJavaScript\n\nSDE 1 \njQuery\nIDrive India Pv
Ltd.\nTasks\nAngular JS\nTo develop APIs for cloud storage\nTo add  front-end functionalities for online backup and data sync\nGulp\n\nSDE 1 "

I want to replace '\n' with space using python. I tried this command:

doc=doc.replace('\n',' ')

but it's not replacing '\n' with space. How I can do this?

In my world it works. Also if it's multyline string consider to use """text""" — deathangel908
– deathangel908, Commented Apr 24, 2017 at 10:40
What do you mean "not working"? That is not an adequate problem specification. — juanpa.arrivillaga
– juanpa.arrivillaga, Commented Apr 24, 2017 at 10:40
did you try str.replace? str.replace("\n", " ") should do the trick — Sandy.Arv
– Sandy.Arv, Commented Apr 24, 2017 at 10:44

zipa · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-24 11:02:56Z

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Your string seems to be multiline so you need triple quotes '''. This code works:

doc = '''\nMy objective is to work with a progressive &amp; innovative 
organisation where I can implement my skills, knowledge and \nachieve 
success.\n\nPHP\nSDE 2 \nQuikr\nZend\n(CommonFloor merged with 
Quikr)\nTasks\nTo develop Quikr Jobs portal\nLaravel\nTo develop 
intent-form to increase o\xef\xac\x84ine signups\nTo develop sales CRM 
tool\nJava\n \nSDE 1 J2EE\nCommonFloor\nTasks\nJava Spring\nTo work on 
hybrid mobile app for residential communities\nTo develop APIs for 
CommonFloor Groups\nJavaScript\n\nSDE 1 \njQuery\nIDrive India Pv
Ltd.\nTasks\nAngular JS\nTo develop APIs for cloud storage\nTo add  front-end functionalities for online backup and data sync\nGulp\n\nSDE 1'''
doc = doc.replace('\n', ' ')

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 11:02

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Kenneth Nuthan · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-24 11:45:03Z

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doc=''' your text '''
doc=doc.replace('\n',' ')
print doc

edited Apr 24, 2017 at 11:45

answered Apr 24, 2017 at 10:58

Kenneth Nuthan

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hering Over a year ago

you should provide a text with your answer, not just pure code. And to me your code does not solve the problem as there is no new line which could be replaced and it wouldn't be replaced with a space (' ').

Kenneth Nuthan Over a year ago

ok, thank you, this is my first time, I'll see to it from next. It should have been a (' ') instead of ('') I missed that.

Jayakumar · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-25 00:24:34Z

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Another way is:

doc = doc.split('\n')
doc = " ".join(doc)
print doc

edited Apr 25, 2017 at 0:24

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answered Apr 24, 2017 at 11:16

Jayakumar

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Jayakumar Over a year ago

above logic will work ok " sting ..." also, no need to be convert to """ / ''' .

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